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OBLIGATORY ASSIGNMENT 2 Based on chapters Civil Liberties and Civil Rights, and the role of the U.S. Supreme Court, answer the 7 questions below: 1/ What is the topic of the 13th, 14th and 15th amendments? 2/ Find some examples of Jim Crow Laws that undermined the voting rights of African-American at the end of 19th century-early 20th century? 3/ What was the date and conclusion of the US Supreme Court decision Plessy v Ferguson? 4/ Who is Earl Warren? 5/ Concerning the U.S. Supreme Courts decision Brown v Board of Education of Topeka: What was the story? What were the main steps of the legal process through the court system? What was the rationale and the legal basis for the US Supreme Courts decision? What was the impact? You can find the decision here: 6/ Find some examples of civil rights laws adopted by the U.S. Congress since the 1960 (describe them briefly). 7/ Concerning The US Supreme Courts Decision Obergefell v. Hodges (2015): What is the story? What were the main steps of the legal process through the court system? What was the rationale and the legal basis for the US Supreme Courts decision? What was the conclusion? (Length: One Page) You can find the decision here: |
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